Chapter 7

Seeing his goal achieved, Li Qing no longer lingered and quickly left the Sea Spirit Pavilion without hesitation.

After Li Qing left, he circled through the bustling crowd and headed towards a sparsely populated area.

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An hour later, Li Qing reappeared at the entrance of the Sea Spirit Pavilion and quickly walked in.

"Daoist Liu, I have confirmed clearly, the Mystic Water Spirit Fish is the spirit fish the adult needs."

Seeing Liu Yuling's approaching figure, Li Qing quickly walked over.

"How many spirit fish fry do you plan to purchase this time?" Seeing the customer reappear, Liu Yuling greeted with a smile.

"Does your pavilion buy back magical artifacts?"

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After a brief conversation, Li Qing, ignoring the strange looks from behind, quickly left the Sea Spirit Pavilion with a new item in a pocket at his waist.

Liu Yuling looked at the departing black-capped figure with confusion. He clearly said he was purchasing on behalf of someone, yet he exchanged his magical artifact for spirit stones, behaving oddly.

Under the black cap, Li Qing's face was full of helplessness.

Now, he could truly be considered penniless, with the only combat-grade low-grade magical artifact, the Cold Iron Sword, also exchanged away.

In the vast Yuan Sea, magical artifacts can be divided into: magical artifacts, spirit artifacts, magical treasures, and the legendary ancient treasures.

Magical artifacts are further divided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and supreme-grade magical artifacts.

Supreme-grade magical artifacts are mostly in the hands of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

As for the more powerful spirit artifacts and magical treasures, they are treasures owned by Golden Core cultivators and Nascent Soul Grand cultivators.

Except for some special magical artifacts, the value of ordinary low-grade magical artifacts is around one hundred low-grade spirit stones, while mid-grade magical artifacts are valued at several hundred low-grade spirit stones.

The value of high-grade magical artifacts is even more terrifying, requiring thousands of low-grade spirit stones or more.

Li Qing's low-grade magical artifact, the Cold Iron Sword, issued by his sect, was sold for eighty low-grade spirit stones.

Stores like the Sea Spirit Pavilion can also exchange treasures for spirit stones, but the exchange value is slightly lower than the market price.

After the exchange, Li Qing had a total of over one hundred and thirty spirit stones. Apart from reserving ten low-grade spirit stones for backup, the rest were all exchanged for spirit fish fry.

Li Qing, though cautious by nature, was decisive in action. Since he wanted to test the wonders of the Sea Calming Pearl, he needed to make full preparations.

Even if it had no effect, the cost was something Li Qing could bear, as he could always resell it.

Of course, he had his own reliance. In the hour he was out, he had already tested that the spirit fish could survive inside the Sea Calming Pearl and were very active.

Compared to mature spirit fish, the price of spirit fish fry was one low-grade spirit stone for two fry.

Li Qing exchanged for two hundred spirit fish fry, and the remaining twenty spirit stones were used to purchase a low-grade Beast Spirit Bag.

A Beast Spirit Bag is generally used to store living creatures like demonic beasts. In the cultivation world, there are two main types: the Beast Spirit Bag and the ordinary storage bag.

After tidying everything up, Li Qing hurried to the dock.

As soon as Li Qing arrived at the dock, he immediately felt several pairs of eyes looking at him.

He lifted his head through the black cap and saw a few early-stage Qi Condensation scattered cultivators walking around the dock.

Their eyes occasionally revealed a sinister look, indicating that these people seemed to have impure intentions.

Li Qing ignored them, knowing that he was being targeted because his appearance looked like that of a scattered cultivator.

These people were like vultures, closely watching every potential target.

Compared to sect cultivators, the life of scattered cultivators is often more brutal. Most scattered cultivators have ordinary aptitudes, and the competition for resources in their cultivation path is far more bloody than that of sect cultivators.

These people were looking for potential targets.

Li Qing, based on the memories of his previous life, already had a good understanding of the outside world.

Even some disciples of the Thousand Waters Spirit Control Sect would sometimes go out and never return, most of them ending up as skeletons.

Although the Thousand Waters Spirit Control Sect would investigate, it was very difficult to find any traces.

Apart from core disciples, the sect would not waste energy on a thorough investigation of ordinary outer sect disciples, as outer sect disciples are like a batch of worms, with only the best becoming the core of the sect.

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When Li Qing boarded a spirit boat heading to the outer island of the Thousand Domain Island, he felt the gazes on him disappear.

On the way back to the outer island, Li Qing began to reflect on his situation.

The most important thing for him now was to quickly improve his strength. Not to mention other things, there was still someone in the sect who was eyeing him with suspicion.

Wei Xuan would not tolerate him for long. Once Wei Xuan discovered that he was deliberately delaying, the retaliation would be even more fierce.

Due to the sect's rules, although Wei Xuan would not openly attack him, Li Qing, having absorbed the knowledge of his previous life, understood the viciousness of the cultivation world.

As someone who had lived two lives, he could not entrust his life to the goodwill of others.

His greatest hope now was to see what surprises the Sea Calming Pearl could bring.

His cautious nature had already prepared him for the worst.

If things didn't work out, his worst-case scenario would be to sell the Foundation Establishment Pill from the sect on the black market.

Then he would use the resources obtained from the transaction to cultivate until he had the ability to protect himself before leaving the sect.

He had not previously exchanged the Foundation Establishment Pill and kept it with him for safety.

Currently, his cultivation method is the Water Control Technique, which is a mid-grade Yellow Rank technique. The combat methods are somewhat limited.

The only advantage is that the spiritual energy is gentle, making it easier to change cultivation methods after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

Sitting on the spirit boat, Li Qing gazed at the vast sea with a blank expression, making a decision in his heart.

If the effects of the Sea Calming Pearl do not manifest in the short term, he would have to make a choice, at least focusing his energy on the Lightning Spirit Technique to strive to reach the late-stage Low Rank Body Cultivator.

That way, he would have the ability to protect himself against late-stage Qi Condensation enemies.

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Arriving at the dock near the outer island, Li Qing once again looked at the inner island, which was radiant with spiritual energy. Unfortunately, his ordinary aptitude did not qualify him to become an inner sect disciple.

The Thousand Waters Spirit Control Sect stipulates that inner sect disciples must reach the Foundation Establishment stage to enter the inner sect. However, there are exceptions; disciples with heavenly spirit roots or unique spirit roots can directly enter the inner sect.

Even high-grade spirit roots, though in the outer sect, receive much better treatment than ordinary outer sect disciples.

The greatest advantage of high-grade spirit root disciples is that they can choose a high-grade Black Rank cultivation technique while still in the outer sect.

Although high-grade Black Rank techniques are only one rank higher than Yellow Rank techniques, the difference is like heaven and earth.

Li Qing, an ordinary outer sect disciple, would need to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage before he could choose a high-grade Black Rank technique.

In a sense, from the beginning of his cultivation, Li Qing's starting point was already far lower than those with extraordinary talent.